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| Actor: Rodney Yee
Studio: Living Arts
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 3873
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: GTED1201406D
ISBN: 1592506038
UPC: 029956158504
EAN: 9781592506033
ASIN: B000A4T80O
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: August 30, 2005
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 Really like it June 28, 2008
spoiled2tears (Texas)
The Yoga Burn series was initially set up to be done with special gloves that you put small weights into.
Using the gloves is what I do, and I love it!
Rodney Yee is very calming and relaxing to listen to, which is a big one for me.
I do this workout at least 3 x a week.
The Best Instructor June 20, 2008
C. Figueroa
I have tried various yoga workouts with different instructors. This workout is not as challenging as his others but still a great yoga workout. I think the direction and guidance of a good instructor is very important. I can honestly say that Rodney Yee is the best instructor for me personally. His serence voice and direction help guide you through the poses seamlessly even when they are difficult. He reminds you to respect your body's limitations. I only practice yoga with Rodney Yee because it works for me. I highly recommend him!
A difererent kind of burn June 13, 2008
Jill Florio (Crestline, CA United States)
I picked up this DVD at Target for 15 bucks and I really like it. All my other Yoga DVDs feature women as instructors, and I was nervous that a man instructor would focus too much on strength moves. I don't know how that applies to Rodney's other DVDs, but in this one he only does easy beginner poses.
The key is, he does each pose in a set of three. You do the moves slowly, which took me awhile to actually DO, as I am used to each pose at the speed I have been already doing them.
I did not feel much of a 'burn', but i did feel a definite heat in my core during the hour-long workout. I honestly felt GREAT - my blood was nice and warm and I felt very strong. So maybe this is the kind of burn that is referred to, instead of the typical aerobics burn of using a muscle group until fatigue. This DVD is not like that at all, even though it's what I was expecting.
Some of his sequences were very fluid and creative - I liked his warrior vinyasa, for example. And some of his forward bends really encouraged my body to loosen to a far greater extent than I had done previously. I found the repetition of each pose (the three times) to be boring at first. Then I noted that each time I repeated the pose I was able to go significantly further into the stretch.
I did not find that much strength was needed in the hour, but then, I like downdogs and planks. There are also some updogs halfway through that got exhilarating/tiring, but one can always replace them with cobras if needed.
Rodney has a very nice yoga instructional voice. Soothing. He does not talk too much - the instruction is just enough, as long as you know what each pose is named (he uses the English terms). Rodney is also enjoyable to look at.
The setting is quite nice - set in a yoga studio - some kind of very cool Zen one. There are rice screens behind him; he is on a bamboo floor platform, and the platform is set above a Zen rock garden. The beige sand is raked around the rocks like one would expect. Very peaceful to look at, with some Zen-like, low music in the background that does not distract.
I found the DVD a bit sparse in options. No matrix or sections to choose from - you just start the program and an hour later you are done. So if you don't have that much time, you'd have to do only a part of this DVD from the beginning, or fast forward to another section and go from there.
There is an intro by Rodney that i still need to watch. There is a choice of playing the hour with less instruction - ie, just voice prompts. The full-on instructional option is not for novices, however. Rodney assumes you have some experience and can follow along by going into downdog, boat, warrior one and two, etc, without having to be told anything about them. He provides no postural tips or even breathing assistance. I think at one point he reminds us to breathe and relax our faces, and that's all we get. I would have liked more direction about when to breathe in and out, myself.
So this DVD would be good for experienced beginners and for intermediates looking for an easy burn. Anyone expecting any arm balances, pigeons or wheel poses won't find them here. I assume for that we'd have to buy his Intermediate Yoga DVD. I actually probably will at some point!
 Didn't do it for me... March 31, 2008
Jo Frangou (Athens, Greece)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The concept sounded interesting and challenging. The thought of completing a vinyasa in very slow, continuous movements sounded quite a feat! I'm not a beginner in yoga, but not advanced either - by no means. I have to say that my favorite aspect in yoga is its physical challenge. This DVD focuses more on the spiritual/relaxation part. It's an hourly practice of power yoga, which requires that you go through the movements very slowly and mindfully, and repeats the poses about three times each. The premise is that you work harder and concentrate deeper on the experience, the breathing and the pose.
I must say that it didn't do it for me. Maybe because I'm used to Ashtanga yoga, which is more intense and structured, I found that the poses Yee put together for this practice were unchallenging as a whole. Some very easy seated poses are repeated again and again, and I must admit it got tedious. I didn't even break out a sweat, and although I hadn't done any yoga for months I didn't feel the slightest soreness the next day. That's not what happened when I did Yee's Total Body Power Yoga practice - in contrary, I found it challenging and invigorating. So, my advice would be if you're looking for a power yoga practice that's not so physically challenging; that takes you slowly over the movements; that will focus on your mental concentration, then you will enjoy this practice. However, if you want something more intense then go for the 'Total Body' DVD.
Great Workout! March 24, 2008
Magdalene Moulatsiotis
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This ia great yoga DVD for advanced beginners and beyond.
If you get this one you do not need to buy Power Yoga. It's nearly identical.
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